Top 105 Quotes & Sayings by Carole Radziwill

If there's anything more popular on 'Housewives' than a fight over hair, it's a housewife diving into water. It's a prerequisite for the show, you have to know how to dive, preferably in a monokini.

I'm nothing if not consistent.

Any show that has 'party non-invite' as its central conflict drums up the operatic high drama of a good Russian novel. It's the 'Real Housewives' Crime and Punishment:' first the horror of a non-invitation, and then the shattering aftermath.

Only children believe that apologies fix everything.

I am very close to my mother-in-law, Lee, we see each other often.

I never call myself a Kennedy cousin. In fact, when I signed my contract with Bravo, I made it very clear that they were not allowed in promos to refer to me as a Kennedy cousin. I'm not that person. I don't feel it.

I'm good in an emergency.

I went into journalism for a reason. I try to be a thoughtful person. I try to see all sides. And I do think before I speak.

I do hate air conditioning and early mornings, but my friends all know this and plan accordingly.

I've been told I'm a good guest. I don't take up much space, I don't eat a lot, and I keep my complaints to a minimum.

There's nothing more riveting than a contractually obligated 'Housewife' sit-down.

Delusion and denial does not equal an apology.

Perhaps I'm old-fashioned but I don't think mothers want their 25-year-old daughters to marry 85-year-old men, except maybe for the money. Money, at least, makes some sense.

I've met people from all walks of life.

Having to walk and talk and hit a mark and open a door proved nearly impossible for me. I suppose that's why we're on a reality show and not 'Mad Men.' Because we don't act.

You can call someone a lousy writer. You can say you hate their book. You can even call a person 'white trash' but you can't go on television and slander a person's career. It's illegal, even on reality shows.

The Women' is one of my all-time favorite movies, you really should watch. It's based on a play by Clare Booth Luce about a group of high society women (one is a Countess!) in 1939 New York.

As hard as I try I cannot get myself to three museums in any one city. The only museum I've ever really enjoyed was the Picasso Museum in Barcelona and I think that's because it's small and you can touch things.

I, like many young widows, have very well developed gallows humor.

I read somewhere on the Internet that I have $50 million, and I think what they meant was 50 million pesos.

What is your favorite 'Housewife' line? Mine is, 'Who does that?' We all say it. Every Housewife in every city has said it at least 17 times during her reign.

I try to keep it as honest and real as I can with television crews following me around.

The rumors of Radziwill fortune have been vastly overstated.

I'm cautious in matters of the heart.

Moving on' is a concept invented by Housewives. Housewives who behave so appallingly all they can do is say they are moving on, preferably in a place where everyone can hear them. To stay put and acknowledge that their actions have consequences and to accept responsibility is simply too painful for this particular brand of narcissist.

I'm a lot of things but not a liar or a phony, even when I know it's in my best interest to be.

I think every girl needs a good lip split story, I have one. I fell onto my front door doorknob coming back from the mailbox, once.

I don't consider myself part of the Kennedy family. It's almost like a little point of honor. I'm a DiFalco at the end of the day. An Italian-American from upstate New York.

I was definitely not one of the cool girls in Suffern High School.

When you own an apartment in NewYork, it's important to know what's happening in your building. Each building runs as its own little municipal town. Much like you might be interested in knowing what is happening in your town because it has a direct effect on the value of your property.

I didn't marry into the Kennedy family, I married Anthony Radziwill. I'm proud of him and his family, the Radziwills. They exist, they're real, and they are separate from the Kennedys.

It's common procedure in the industry for people with little or no professional writing experience to get a book deal because of their profile, and then hire a writer.

The thing about rumors is that everyone believes something about them, even if they are completely unfounded.

A girl's girl doesn't trash another girl's career.

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a delusional Housewife in possession of an audience must be in want of a ludicrous storyline.

The best advice I can give a girl is to keep new relationships private. There is nothing like a handful of well-intentioned 'girlfriend advice' to derail a blooming romance.

I spent my summers as a kid in an upstate New York hippie town called Saugerties.

No one can make you feel anything you don't already feel.

People like to gossip about people who are successful.

Family habits die hard.

I spent time in refugee camps in Southeast Asia, and in the projects of Chicago. I've been to State dinners with Presidents. I met the Queen of England on a beach in Anguilla. No one is any more valuable or important than you are. No one is more important than your family and your friends.

Laughter cures everything.

No, I'm not a woman who overshares.

The three kinds of people I dislike most are Gossips, Liars, and Hypocrites.

I always think if I'd had kids that I'd manage them like I do my dog Margaret: camps, playdates, naps, and lots of snacks. They'd all be fat.

Age-shaming women is abhorrent.

We're all the stories we tell ourselves.

On my real vacations, I meet up with friends and we go for walks on the beach. We stroll through old cities, swim in the sea, and take afternoon naps. We shop, lunch, and, yeah, drink.

The publishing industry is not immune to gossips.

My threshold for mean gossip is nearly intolerable.

I'm not ever getting a Pulitzer prize and my books aren't on high school reading lists, but for better or worse I'm a working writer.

My Grandpa Tony was a legend in our family, and also in his own mind. There's no end to the tales of his exploits.

In the grownup world an apology tour is just for show.

News flash: A girl's girl doesn't try to shame another girl about her age.

Friends have each other's backs.

The number one rule of fishing is be quiet. Don't scare the fish!

Life is a marathon and you have to pace yourself. I believe that slow and steady wins the race, so in that way, I've been training for a marathon my whole life.

This is America. In our country it doesn't matter a lick where you are from, it only matters where you're going.

Publishing is a tough business.

I'm a writer and I've had some success.